And Barry Bonds, for anyone who’s been living in a cave.
Bonds and Aardsma, interestingly, both played for the Giants at the same time.
Aardsma and Tony Zych (the alphabetically last player) were both active in 2015, but one in the AL and one in the NL. I don’t think they had any interleague games against each other.
Norm Van Brocklin threw for 554 yards in a single game in 1951
This is one of the strangest long-lasting stats, especially considering quite a few modern-day QBs have thrown for 500+ passing yards. One would think it would have long since fallen by now given that we’re in such a pass-happy league today.
As trivia is timeless, we shall allow this zombie thread resurrected by Velocity to continue.
Who is the major league record holder in these categories, among players who only ever played for one MLB team?
Home runs
Doubles
Wins
Stolen bases
Mike Schmidt, Phillies, 548 homers
Stan Musial, Cardinals, 725 steals
Walter Johnson, Senators 1.0, 417 wins
Bid McPhee, Reds, 568
Right - that’s why I love it so much. The more people know about football, the less likely they are to guess correctly. Obviously if you know, you know.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard this brought up by the announcers who constantly spew statistics during games. Perhaps because I don’t pay much attention to them, but I would think this record would get mentioned frequently with all the record breaking QB stats in recent years.
I barely watch sports at all anymore but I used to do so a lot. I vaguely knew the answer to the question (some guy on the Rams in the early 50s) because it got mentioned nearly every time someone was having a monster passing game. I thought it was a well known, long unbroken stat.
Who is the first player to play in the Little League World Series and the MLB World Series
John Wesley “Boog” Powell
Huh. I thought Joey Jay. Maybe he was just the first Little Leaguer to play in the World Series.
Nitpick: Stan Musial had 725 doubles, Bid McPhee had 568 stolen bases
slicealone, you are correct. The ;player you named did play in both Little League and the World Series, before the claimed answer did.
Other than Babe Ruth, which member of the Baseball hall of fame wore #3 for the New York Yankees.
Joe “Ducky” Medwick, who wore it in spring training of 1947 during his failed attemp to make the team
In the four major sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL), there are six team names used more than once. Perhaps the most obvious example is San Francisco Giants (MLB) and New York Giants (NFL). What are the other five team names?
Answers need to be exact matches, so Atlanta Hawks (NBA) and Chicago Black Hawks (NHL) is not a correct answer.
St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) and Arizona Cardinals (NFL)
Texas Rangers (MLB) and New York Rangers (NFL)
New York Jets (NFL) and Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
Los Angeles Kings (NHL) and Sacramento Kings (NBA)
Florida Panthers (NHL) and Carolina Panthers (NFL)
Bonus: Since I’ve been asking this question in the early 90s, one team name fell off this list. What is it?
Houston Oilers (NFL) and Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
Regarding your answer for #2, that team plays in the NHL, not the NFL.
MLB - Connie Mack (1862-1956) was manager of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950. Although he had some good seasons (five World Series), his team was better known for finishing last 17 times - (8 of those during his last 13 years), and losing more than 100 games (in a 154-game season) 10 times . With this mediocrity - why was he never fired/replaced as manager?
He owned the team. He was a 50% owner until 1937, when he became majority owner.
Can’t find any evidence that Joey Jay played in the LLWS.
It looks like he was the first little leaguer but not the first in he LLWS
Here’s one I came across today.
Who threw the first pitch in Marlins organization history (hint: it was in a minor league game in 1992. Second hint: he’s a hall of fame athlete, but in a different sport)
Give up?
John Lynch, who was drafted out of Stanford to play baseball, but ended up a safety for the Tampa Bay Bucs, and is now the 49ers GM. He threw a pitch for the Erie Sailors, a minor league affiliate for the Marlins, in 1992 after being drafted by the team in the second round.
What three Canadians have won a Major League Baseball MVP Award?
What MVP Award winner isn’t a Canadian citizen, but plays for Canada in international play?
Justin Morneau, Larry Walker, and Joey Votto have all won MVP Awards and are Canadian.
Freddie Freeman is an MVP winner. He is not a Canadian citizen but his late mother was Canadian and so he chose to play for Team Canada.
What do hockey players Pete Palangio, Gaye Stewart, Ted Kennedy, Alex Delvecchio, and Bob Gainey have in common?
Their names are misspelled on the Stanly Cup.